birthday week :)

Birthday week rolled through... And, I sure had a good time, and it is only just beginning! I truly have some of the best(est) friends in the whole world! Really. i do. I don't know what i would've done without them, (since my husband is away) flowers, Dinner, so many cute presents and cupcakes on my birthday night! Then last night at "Wives Club" There were even more, presents, cupcakes and good times! And then the mot amazing surprise ever... a ticket to see Luke next weekend in DC for easter!!! Best surprise everrrr!!! i can not even wait! We were unsure we would even get to see each other at all for the whole 7 week tour so a weekend together, even if it is in between practices and sound checks, is to me, perfect! i just cant wait to see his face! yay

Tomorrow is my original bday present. A shopping trip to Atlanta with 4 of my friends! We are staying in a snazzy hotel downtown, and shopping, relaxing, eating good food, and being "girls" for the next 48 hours! This really feels like a month long birthday celebration! So so fun! feeling so so blessed. Can't wait to update you after our fun weekend!

Lots of Love

C

A cookout.

So, after a day filled with hang time with Luke, the only logical way to end the day was to spend some time with our friends, outside (since the weather was a dream) and eat food. duh.

So the amazing Arnold's offered up their sweet back porch, and awesome new grill to have a cookout!

Mary Ellen's house is always super cute, (that's a whole 'nother post!) with lots of cute details, and always fresh flowers. And now that its warmer, and they've fixed up their back porch its so fun just to hangout and be outside!

There are way more pics of us, and the Arnolds, only because i forgot to get my camera out when more people arrived (i was probably stuffing my face with chips and dip) And also, it eventually got dark, and i hate the flash, so i just actually dont take pictures when its dark. So there you have it. Here are some fun shots of the ones who showed up while the sun was still up. :)

Are you the type that throws party's, or do you just attend them? We are definitely both, i love having people over, and entertaining. But sometimes its just great to just show up!

Happy week to you!

love,

Sea

Brighter Days.

Mondays.

Mondays are my saturdays. They are usually amazing, and beautiful. But on the slight chance they are yucky and rainy Luke stays home from work and i get to spend the day with him! Which makes a cloudy day so much better. But for a change this monday i got both sunshines.

Luke is leaving for a tour and will be gone for 7 weeks. So since he was leaving on tuesday (today) We spent all day monday hanging out and spendin' time together. It was great, and such a gorgeous day!

We ate lunch and walked around uptown.

Went to the park to see an Art Exhibit outside...

There are massive sculptures like this fellow:

It was cool, we acted like tourists and took tons of pics. (obviously)

Later that day we had a cookout with a ton of friends!

a blog on that later!!

I miss him already. And he's only been gone a few hours. But i am super excited for him, and he's livin' a dream so it's not so bad.

And, well its my birthday month. so, i can cry if i wanna.

jk.

Having a spouse that travels can be hard, and well even though this will be the longest stretch we've had so far.. there are still things that i've learned to do to keep me happy while he's away. Do you have any bribes for yourself when your other half is gone?

tell me about them!

also: Check back later on images from the cookout!

Sea

Insipire: Hair! (Sunday)

Ombre, color melting, laziness, low maintenance, change without commitment.... Hair.

It's that time of year when my body longs for change. For my mind to feel just a little bit different in my skin. When my wardrobe and lifestyle start to feel a little more freeing and exciting.

So all this leads to me wanting to do something different with my hair.

It never fails.

This year i was really inspired by the 'care free' look of color melting.

My hair is so dark (well.. because i make it that way) That i cant really do much with lightening my color... and if i do, i'll regret it in a month and go back to black.

so i feel like for my change of heart type of attitude, this color is perfect, non committal and not to harsh or drastic.

and here's mine: a less dramatic version. :)

Hope you liked the inspiration.

more on that later :)

Sea

Hotlanta, balloons, and birthday parties! [image heavy]

This Weekend Luke and I headed to "hot-lanta" for 2 super kids birthday parties!

It was fun to get away and spend some time with one of our favorite families.

The Whittaker's

Carlos, Heather, Sohaila, Seanna, & Losiah

It was a joint bday party for Losiah, and Sohaila:

(and super sister Seanna)

It was a "balloon themed party" which was so cute and Heather did such a great job at coming up with great ideas for it!

(also can't get enough of this amazing blue couch, i pray i find a vintage jewel as good as this some day)

and awesome "dr. Seus cake" with popping of balloons instead of candles!

a balloon filled room, which definitely entertained the kids the whole time, and scared all of us every time one popped!

amazing porch.. precious Los, after his haircut! :)

Before and after of the balloon pops! sugar cookies on a stick! (dream)

(it took all i had to color in the lines while decorating these bad boys, and i only had to do a few!)

And this my friends, is what happens, when you throw a balloon party, sooner or later it was bound to happen. :)

After we left yesterday Luke said to me, "im so glad we get to be apart of that."

I knew what he meant, but i made him explain anyways. And its totally true. I am so glad that we have so many amazing friends. And im so glad to be apart of their lives, and have them in ours.

We are blessed.

Happy Weekending to ya!

love

Sea